Comparison

MicroSets vs Hardline

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

MicroSets

Features
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MicroSets helps you build a realistic bodyweight workout habit with short sets you can do throughout the day. Choose your reminder window, pick the exercises you want to track, and log quick sessions in seconds. MicroSets keeps the app simple: no account, no social feed, no complicated workout plan. Just helpful nudges, fast logging, and clear progress so you can stay consistent. Track push-ups, squats, jumping jacks, pull-ups, lunges, core work, and other rep-based bodyweight exercises. Create workout groups for different routines, review your history, and see how today's effort compares with your usual pace. Features: - Local workout reminders during your chosen time window - Fast rep logging for quick bodyweight sessions - Custom workout groups and exercise selection - Streak tracking and progress milestones - Daily, weekly, monthly, yearly, and rolling trend comparisons - Estimated calorie totals based on your workout entries - Weight entries to keep estimates more useful over time - Local-first storage with no required account - Simple data export and local reset controls MicroSets is made for people who want fitness to feel doable during a normal day. Open it, do a short set, log the reps, and keep moving. Calorie values are estimates for fitness tracking only. MicroSets is not medical advice.

About

Hardline

This app uses AI to analyze videos of your calisthenics training, providing detailed feedback on your form and creating personalized plans to improve your technique. It supports a variety of common calisthenics movements and offers specific cues for correction.

Highlights
  • AI form analysis from video clips
  • Movement identification and grading
  • Personalized training plans
  • Specific physical cues for correction
  • Milestone ladders for skill progression
  • Supports 11 common calisthenics movements
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Hardline AI is a calisthenics coach that watches a video of your training and tells you what is actually wrong with your form. Upload a clip. An AI model identifies the movement, grades it across six criteria, names the faults that matter, and writes you a plan to fix them. WHAT COMES BACK - The movement, and the position you actually performed, including all well-known progressions (eg: wall assisted handstand, tuck front lever, tuck planche, etc) - Six criteria graded for that movement - body line, range, straight-arm, scapular control, balance, endurance, and others depending on the skill. - The faults worth fixing, each with one physical cue: what to press, brace, squeeze or shift. - A training plan - the drills, the dosage, and how often to run them. - Milestone ladders for the skills with a real positional progression. ELEVEN MOVEMENTS Pull-ups, push-ups, squats, pistol squat, muscle-up, L-sit, handstand, handstand push-ups, front lever, back lever, planche. WHEN A CLIP WILL NOT WORK Hardline refuses a clip rather than guessing at it, and it names the reason: more than one person in frame, a movement it does not support, footage that is not calisthenics, a clip shorter than 3 seconds or longer than 2 minutes, or a camera angle that cannot show the thing being judged. HOW TO FILM Whole body in frame through the full movement. Side or front view. Ideally only you in shot. Light in front of you, not behind you. The app shows these before every analysis. WHERE YOUR VIDEO GOES The analysis does not run on your phone. To review a clip, Hardline uploads it - either as still frames sampled across the clip, or as the video file - over an encrypted connection to our analysis service, which passes it to a third-party AI model. Nothing identifying goes with it: no name, no age, height or weight, no email, no device identifier. We keep no copy once the analysis finishes, and your original video stays in your photo library untouched. An internet connection is required for every analysis. SUBSCRIPTION A subscription is what lets you produce a new analysis. Verdicts you have already produced stay readable whether or not your subscription is active. A NOTE ON TRAINING Hardline is looking at a video. It cannot see that your shoulder hurts. Never hold a position longer or attempt a skill just to produce a better grade. If something hurts, stop, and talk to a qualified healthcare professional. SUBSCRIPTION DETAILS Hardline Premium is an auto-renewing subscription, available weekly, monthly and annually. The annual plan includes a 3-day free trial for new subscribers; if you do not cancel at least 24 hours before the trial ends, it converts to a paid annual subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase, and the subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in Settings > your name > Subscriptions. Terms of Use: https://ambitious-radish-959.notion.site/Hardline-Terms-of-Service-3afe607a4af081b4a945c068f037c160 Privacy Policy: https://ambitious-radish-959.notion.site/Hardline-Privacy-Policy-3afe607a4af0816d88fce75cfa59680b

Screenshots

MicroSets4 screens
Hardline4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MicroSets at none against Hardline's 3. MicroSets also leads on update cadence (daily vs fortnightly). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Hardline sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. MicroSets asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MicroSets ships an update daily, Hardline fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
MicroSets versus Hardline: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMicroSetsHardline
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyDaily — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Subscription
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB62 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperDAVID MILES RABINOVICHAditya Bhattacharyya

In-app purchases

None

MicroSets

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Hardline

Subscriptions3
  • Premium Weekly$4.997 Days
  • Premium Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Premium Annual3 Days trial$59.991 Year

Questions

Is MicroSets free?
MicroSets is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Hardline free?
Hardline is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do MicroSets or Hardline have ads?
Neither MicroSets nor Hardline shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MicroSets or Hardline?
MicroSets ships an update daily, and Hardline fortnightly. Most recently, MicroSets was updated on October 31, 2026 and Hardline on October 31, 2026.

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